Civil War Review Quiz

This number day in June is Juneteenth, commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation

This state's 54th, whose heroics are seen in the movie "Glory", was one of the first black regiments from the North

Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland

In 1859, he wrote being elected a captain in the Black Hawk War gave him "more pleasure than any I have had since."

This 3-named Confederate cavalry general became a leader of the Ku Klux Klan

After learning about the Intl. Red Cross while visiting Europe, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881

Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, represented Miss. not long after this Confederate president did

This ironclad sunk December 31, 1862 was mistaken for a sub during WWII & hit by depth charges

In a famous 1858 speech, S.C. Sen. James Hammond said, "You dare not make war on cotton...Cotton is" this

Gen. Scott wanted to blockade the South, control the Miss. River& strangle the Rebels in his plan named for this serpent

In July 1861 Washingtonians packed picnic lunches & headed over to watch this first big battle of the war

Before his fatal 1863 wound, this general suffered a wound in his hand as he stretched it high to help his equilibrium

The Trent Affair was a naval incident that almost brought Britain into this conflict

In this theatre April 14, 1865 the play "Our American Cousin" celebrated its 1,000th performance

In 1864, it was "damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" into this bay with Admiral Farragut's flagship in the lead

The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3 1863 & this other vital "burg" July 4, & the Confederacy was on the ropes

This Northern state had draft riots in July 1863 even as its industrial output exceeded that of the entire South

Clara Barton traveled to this Confederate prison to help gather evidence of missing & deceased soldiers

Thomas Jackson, an artillery tactics instructor at VMI in the 1850s, later acquired this famous nickname

This First Lady was committed to a mental hospital in 1875, 10 years after her husband's death

This 1863 document says, "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves... henceforeward shall be, free"

Northerners who sympathized with the South during the Civil War were referred to as these poisonous snakes

Named for the ink color used, this currency was issued in 1862 & helped pay the North's war costs

When this U.S. president suspended habeas corpus, some critical reporters went to jail

This Virginian graduated second in his class in 1829 but quit the U.S. Army in 1861

The knife he used to stab Major Henry Rathbone is in a Washington, D.C. museum

During the Civil War the Union's Anaconda plan included capturing this Confederate capital

The day I was born /In April 1822 /I had no idea I'd be president or a top general too/I wore the blues/The Union blues

The first sentence of the Gettysburg Address mentions these two numbers; add them together to check Abe's math

On June 26, 1864 near Atlanta, he said, "We have devoured the land and our animals eat up the wheat and corn fields"